Evaluating Sustainability of the Georesources Observation System Michael Mente Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources Germany, Hannover GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th 28th, 2009 GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 1
Project breakdown structure AEGOS preparatory phase: A charter for network development and design of observation system WP7: AEGOS as a geoscientific Contribution to GEOSS, in the context of INSPIRE European Directive CGS BGS Operational procedures for data management WP1: Spatial data Infrastructure, Reference Models, Metadata and data specifications WP2: Architecture Specs: Hardware, Software, Network WP3: Identification of data themes, User-oriented Products and Services User-oriented products and services WP4: Preparation of Innovative Projects based on AEGOS WP5: Interoperability, Interdisciplinarity in support of GEOSS Building the Network WP6: Definition of common strategies for capacity building and training WP8: Project Management T8.5: Sustainable AEGOS infrastructure WP9: Information and dissemination system of the Support Action GSD BRGM GSE CzechGS GD-SOM-UNZA GTK UEMOA PGI IRA JRC SEAMIC BGR BRGM CGS, BRGM BGR CGS CIFEC GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 2
Who develops, who uses it? Stakeholder GSAf, OAGS, African Union, SADC, ACP Secretariat, AfDB, European Union, GEO, UNECA, UNESCO, WB. Associated Partners Organisations Policy makers, non-governmental Project Steering organisations, geoscientific communities, Partners Committee centres for education and research, entrepreneurs, investors End-users Applications/Data use for.. Mines, energy, environment, land use, agriculture and forest, water, hydraulics, natural hazards, socioeconomy GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 3
Integration of the AEGOS work pacages WP6 Contribution of work packages to the geoscience information system (AEGOS_Grant_Agreement_Annex-I-DoW_2008-10-20, p. 10/72) GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 4
Ongoing activities, general overview Questionnaire Goal: Purpose: Questions: Inventory across Geological Surveys and International Organizations to help in the definition of the AEGOS Architecture to know where improvements are required to identify the gaps in staff skill for providing adequate training - General Information concerning the organisations (departments, staff, etc.) - Existing metadata and metadata management system - Existing datasets relevant for AEGOS - Existing IT systems - Man Power GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 5
Capacity building concept Community: final user Data dissemination the capabilities have to be strengthened consequently in all the fields Administer the system Management of the system Data acquisition and access Integrate requirements for data and information by the user/following users demand Acquire necessary data Analyse data and prepare for publication AEGOS as self running system Data provision by geol. Surveys and other institutions GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 6
Work programme Method Identification of training facilities Questionaires, workshops, tele-conferences Identification of existing curricula in Africa and Europe Questionaires, workshops, tele-conferences Identification of requirements by AEGOS WPs Information by WP-leader and participation in specific workshops Identification of gaps and needs Evaluation of questionaires and workshops Formulation of a concept note Agreed proposal elaborated by WP6 leaders and presented on the final conference train the trainers strategy GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 7
User Technical requirements: Server Server Infrastructure Network (terrestic or airborne) Skills: Management of data User Management Info Management Data Management Design of database Create of Web Services Creating of digital maps WMS WFS Design of web page Use of open source software Portal Admin/ financial/management Database + Logic Training: Example 1 Server + Database Computer science IT, ITC Input: Data Output: Information Cartography, GIS Geology Management Provider Focus of capacity building Example 2 GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 8
Key issues for capacity building Define adequate measures for capacity building» Data processing» Data management» Data interpretation» Organisation management GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 9
Example 1 User: Need for: Product: Dissemination of data: Levels of government, Industry, Commerce, Civil society, Media, General public General information on geology and georesources e.g. Land use planning, Waste disposal siting, Mineral exploration Maps, Geodata on rock properties, groundwater, etc. Web Mapping Service Web Feature Service GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 10
Definitions: Web Map Service (WMS) - produces maps (raster format) of spatially referenced geodata - enables simple queries of users in predefined manner Web Feature Service (WFS) - produces maps (vector data) of spatially referenced geodata - provides an interface allowing requests for geographical features - WFS-T defines interfaces for manipulation of data (e.g. creation) GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 11
Example: IGME 5000 Example: International Geological Map of Europe and Adjacent Areas (IGME 5000) - Organisation: Commission of the Geological Map of the World (CGMW) - Coordination: Dr. Asch, BGR, Germany - Subject: Prequaternary of Europe and adjacent areas - Objective: Dissemination of data on geology, georesources - Participants: 48 Geological Services -Data:32.000 areas, 2.570 attributes GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 12
Example: IGME 5000 - Web application (online since 2006) http://www.bgr.de/app/igme5000/igme_frames.php - GIS-like operations via internet - Visualization of data - Preparation of maps by combining different layers - Simple query GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 13
Example: IGME 5000 - Technical implementation: - Use based on MapServers - Use of interface including PHP, MapScript, JavaScript - Data: MS SQL-Server - Geodaten: shape-format (Export of Personal GDB (ESRI)) GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 14
Example: IGME 5000 http://www.bgr.de/app/igme5000/igme_frames.php GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 15
Example: IGME 5000 GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 16
Example: IGME 5000 GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 17
Example: IGME 5000 GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 18
Example: IGME 5000 GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 19
Example 2 User: Research, Academia Need for: Detailed information on geology and georesources e.g. for own desktop operations Product: Basic data Dissemination of data: Metadata Data warehouse GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 20
Example: Africover Example: Africover Multipurpose Africover Databases on Environmental Resources (MADE) - Organisation: FAO - Subject: Land cover classification - Objective: Information for environmental planning, agriculture etc. -Period:Eastern Africa module: 1995-2002 - Participants: 10 countries -Data:8.5 million km 2 mapped GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 21
Example: Africover - Data distribution http://www.africover.org/data_dissemination.htm - Metadata (ISO standard) - Web mapping - Data warehouses GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 22
Example: Africover Metadata http://www.africover.org/system/area.php?place=4 GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 23
Example: Africover Metadata http://www.africover.org/ system/metadata.php? metadataid=66 GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 24
Example: Africover - organises public domain data - allows performance of easy GIS operations - Dynamic Maps: - software (freeware on Africover web site) - to get connection to warehouse for the extraction of information - no specific knowledge of GIS required - generic, not database or system-specific - integrates with MS Excel - integrates with MS Power Point -with query function GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 25
Structure of future products Customers demand Type of product Basic products Standardised products Special products Supplier Existing organisation AEGOS Existing organisation Exist? Existing product Future product Existing product Type of Information Freely available Commercial information Available on special request GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 26
Structure of future products Customers demand Basic products Standardised products Special products Costs Today costs of existing organisations Specific costs for future products operation costs, mobilisation Complexity of products GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 27
Infrastructure, service and products Data Data Data Data Create metadata Metadata Provide data Publish metadata Metadata Catalogues AEGOS rules for metadata, data and services Services available for applications and portals Discovery service AEGOS Theme n 1 In common AEGOS data Theme modeln 2 In common AEGOS data Theme modeln x In common data model Data access services: - View service, - Download services Data process services Possible spatial data infrastructure (SDI) GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 28
Thank you for your attention! Questions? Michael Mente +49-511-642-2246 Michael.mente@bgr.de GEOSS-CBC Meeting Athens April 27th -28th 2009 Slide 29